Walters Ms. W.164, Prayer Book, including Office of the Dead Calendar Added French prayer to God the Father Hours of the Passion Office of the Dead Passion sequence of St. John and collect Suffrages Added suffrages to SS. Anthony and Barbara Prayer Book Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Valle, Chiara Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This prayer book was produced ca. 1430-40, likely in Brabant, but the contents of the calendar point to Tournai and Cambrai, and the Office of the Dead is for the use of Liège. North Netherlandish influence, possibly connected with works by the Masters of the Gold Scrolls, is suggested by the style and iconography of its images. The manuscript is notable for its large number of miniatures--forty-eight in total--as well as the sense of narrative within them, and the diversity of the suffrages they illustrate is striking. That the original owner had a strong interest in the Passion is evident in both the choice of texts and the images. The manuscript was well used, and accrued not only additional prayers and suffrages, but devotional objects as well: a pilgrim's badge was once attached to the corner of the image for the suffrage to relics on fol. 160r. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.164 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. The secondary language of this manuscript is French, Middle (ca.1400-1600). 1r - 184r Prayer Book 1r - 12v Calendar Janvier. a xxxi. iour la lune. xxx. Calendar in French, half full, graded in red and dark brown ink; abbreviations for Egyptian days and major feasts in red; number of hours in day/night given on last line of each month; contents suggest dioceses of Tournai and Cambrai, as well as interest in Franciscan order; feasts of note are: Purification of the Virgin (Feb. 2), Blasius (Feb. 3), Pancratius (Feb. 18), Eleutherius (Feb. 20), "cierge" (Feb. 28), Albinus (Mar. 1), Adrian (Mar. 4), Gertrude (Mar. 17), Albanus (Mar. 19), Romanus (Mar. 30), Valeric (Apr. 1), Bertin (May 2 and Sept. 5), Paul martyr (May 17), Petronilla (May 31), Anthony of Padua (June 13), Modestus (June 16), Martinianus (June 18), Rumold (July 1), Thomas Apostle (July 3, and translation Dec. 21), Daniel (July 8), Heraclius (bishop of Sens, July 13), Stephen (Aug. 3), Clare (Aug. 12), Louis of Toulouse (Aug. 18), Remacle (bishop of Maestricht, Sept. 3), Audomar (Sept. 9), Hyacinth (Sept. 13), Francis (Oct. 4), Dionysius and Ghislain (Oct. 9), All Souls (Nov. 2), Maclovius (Nov. 15), Elizabeth of Hungary (Nov. 19), Nicasius (Dec. 14), Thomas Becket (Dec. 29) 13v - 14v Added French prayer to God the Father [D]oulz dieux ihesucrist pere tos puissans Rois des rois Sire aussi vrayement Prayer in French, added early to originally blank leaves; asks for strength to resist the Seven Deadly Sins 15v - 71r Hours of the Passion Domine labia mea 74v - 136v Office of the Dead Antiphona. psalmus Placebo. Dilexi quoniam Use of Liège 138v - 141r Passion sequence of St. John and collect Passio domini nostri ihesu christi Secundum iohannem In illo tempore Opening text badly abraded; fol. 140v: collect 141v - 181r Suffrages De saint george antiphon (fol. 141r) Qui michi ministrat me sequatur Thirty-nine suffrages, including five feasts, four female and twenty-eight male saints; rubrics on pages preceding incipits; miniatures introduce each suffrage; last three quires misbound, reconstructed below; suffrages to: George, the Ascension, Pentecost, the Trinity, the True Cross, the Archangel Michael, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul, Andrew, John the Evangelist, James the Greater, Several apostles, Stephen, Dionysius, Lawrence, Nicasius, Vincent, Clement, Thomas Becket, several martyrs, Martin of Tours, Nicholas, Francis, Louis of France, Several confessors, Mary Magdalene, Catherine, Margaret, Anne, Several virgins, Maurus, the Feast of the Relics, All Saints, Peace, Lupus, Desiderius, Aegydius, and Julian the Hospitaler Text misbound; correct sequence of last three quires is as follows (according to Randall's reconstruction): fols. 154, 171-176, 161, 170, 155-160, 177, 178, 179, 180, 178bis, 183, 181, 182, 184 181v - 184r Added suffrages to SS. Anthony and Barbara De saint Anthoine Ora pro nobis beate anthoni Suffrages to SS. Anthony and Barbara, added early; fol. 183 is misbound, belongs with text for St. Julian the Hospitaler between fols. 180 and 181

Thin to medium-weight, well-prepared parchment; flyleaves are modern parchment; Randall notes that all pages appear to have been dampened and heavily pressed at time of rebinding

 Foliation: iii+184 (+62bis, +178bis)+ ii13.8 10.2 8.1 5.2 Two pages were not foliated, so there are two more pages than the foliation shows, which are indicated by the term "bis"; traces of earlier pencil foliation that accounted for two now-missing folios at beginning, now erased and occasionally visible above modern pencil foliation on upper right corners, rectos

Quire 1: 8, with first and second folios cancelled (fols. 1-6); Quires 2-9: 8 (fols. 7-69); Quire 10: 4 (fols. 70-73); Quires 11-20: 8 (fols. 74-153); Quire 21: 8, with the first and eighth folios original within quire, and the second through seventh folios misbound within them, originally part of quire 23 (fols. 154-161); Quire 22: 8 (fols. 162-169); Quire 23: 8, with the first and eighth folios original within quire, and the second through seventh folios misbound within them, originally part of quire 21 (fols. 170-177); Quire 24: 8, with fourth and fifth folios, which should be central bifolio, repositioned as the second and seventh folios (fols. 178-184) Trace of one extant, fol. 141r: "q IIII" Last few quires badly misbound; correct order as worked out by Randall is as follows: fols. 154, 171-176, 161 (in quire 21); fols. 170, 155-160, 177 (in quire 23); fols. 178, 179, 180, 178bis, 183, 181, 182, 184 (in quire 24)

 Layout does not apply to calendar: 5.8 x 7.9 cm, 4 columns of 17 lines Written in littera batarda by slightly later hand Written in textura, hand of calendar different from main text; several different hands apparent in text and images; many corrections made by ex-delineation in red (e.g. fols. 79r-80r, 108v, 112r); early added prayer (fols. 13v-14v) written by slightly later hand in littera batarda Full-page miniature fol. 15v; three-quarter-page miniatures fols. 26r, 33v, 38r, 45r, 52r, 60r, and 65r Full-page miniature fol. 74v Full-page miniature fol. 138v Miniatures on fols. 141v, 142v, 143v, 144v, 145v, 147r, 148r, 149r, 150r, 151r, 152r, 153r, 154r, 155v, 156v, 158r, 159r, 160r, 161r, 162r, 163v, 164v, 165v, 166v, 167v, 168v, 170r, 171r, 172v, 173v, 175r, 176r, 177r, 178r, 178bis v, 179r, 180r (and originally 183v: misbound, belongs between fols. 180 and 181) Miniature on fol. 183 (misbound: belongs between fols. 180 and 181) Five full-page miniatures; forty-three, three-quarter page miniatures (10-11 lines); light floral borders around images; five large flourished initials, four opposite full-page miniatures (4 lines); smaller flourished initials at secondary text divisions (2-3 lines); "KL" in calendar in alternating red and blue with ink flourishes (2 lines); small painted initials in red and blue for versals and suffrage antiphons; rubrics in red; text in black and dark brown ink Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane Hours of the Passion: Matins Full-page miniature Christ's Arrest Hours of the Passion: Lauds Three-quarter-page miniature Christ brought before Pilate Hours of the Passion: Prime Full-page miniature Flagellation Hours of the Passion: Terce Three-quarter-page miniature Christ carries the Cross Hours of the Passion: Sext Three-quarter-page miniature Crucifixion Hours of the Passion:None Three-quarter-page miniature Deposition Hours of the Passion: Vespers Three-quarter-page miniature Entombment Hours of the Passion: Compline Three-quarter-page miniature Funeral service Office of the Dead Full-page miniature St. John on Patmos with devil knocking over inkwell Passion sequence of St. John Full-page miniature St. George and the Dragon Suffrage to St. George Three-quarter-page miniature Ascension Suffrage to the Ascension Three-quarter-page miniature Pentecost Suffrage to the Pentecost Three-quarter-page miniature Trinity with Throne of Grace Suffrage to the Trinity Three-quarter-page miniature St. Helen Suffrage to St. Helen Full-page miniature St. Michael defeats a devil Suffrage to St. Michael Three-quarter-page miniature St. John Baptist Suffrage to St. John Baptist Three-quarter-page miniature SS. Peter and Paul Suffrage to SS. Peter and Paul Three-quarter-page miniature St. Andrew Suffrage to St. Andrew Three-quarter-page miniature St. John Evangelist Suffrage to St. John Evangelist Three-quarter-page miniature St. James the Greater Suffrage to St. James the Greater Three-quarter-page miniature Two Apostle Saints Suffrage to apostle saints Three-quarter-page miniature St. Stephen Suffrage to St. Stephen Three-quarter-page miniature St. Margaret and the dragon Suffrage to St. Margaret Three-quarter-page miniature St. Anne with Virgin and Child on lap Suffrage to St. Anne Three-quarter-page miniature Two Virgin Saints Suffrage to virgin saints Three-quarter-page miniature St. Maurus Suffrage to St. Maurus Three-quarter-page miniature Feast of relics Suffrage to the feast of relics Three-quarter-page miniature

Evidence of pilgrim's badge at top right of image

 Martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket Suffrage to St. Thomas Becket Three-quarter-page miniature Four Martyr Saints Suffrage to Martyr Saints Three-quarter-page miniature St. Martin shares cloak with beggar Suffrage to St. Martin Three-quarter-page miniature St. Nicholas saves the three youths Suffrage to St. Nicholas Three-quarter-page miniature St. Francis Suffrage to St. Francis Three-quarter-page miniature St. Louis of France Suffrage to St. Louis of France Three-quarter-page miniature Two confessor saints Suffrage to confessor saints Three-quarter-page miniature St. Mary Magdalene Suffrage to St. Mary Magdalene Three-quarter-page miniature St. Catherine of Alexandria Suffrage to St. Catherine of Alexandria Three-quarter-page miniature Martyrdom of St. Dionysius Suffrage to St. Dionysius Three-quarter-page miniature St. Lawrence Suffrage to St. Lawrence Three-quarter-page miniature St. Nicasius Suffrage to St. Nicasius Three-quarter-page miniature St. Vincent Suffrage to St. Vincent Three-quarter-page miniature St. Clement Suffrage to St. Clement Three-quarter-page miniature All Saints Suffrage to All Saints Three-quarter-page miniature Kiss of Peace and Mercy Suffrage to peace Three-quarter-page miniature St. Aegydius Suffrage to St. Aegydius Three-quarter-page miniature St. Lupus Suffrage to St. Lupus Three-quarter-page miniature St. Desiderius martyred Suffrage to St. Desiderius Three-quarter-page miniature St. Julian the Hospitaller and wife Suffrage to St. Julian Three-quarter-page miniature

Rebound second half of nineteenth century by Chambolle-Duru, Paris; mustard-colored leather; sewn on five cords, silk endbands in red, yellow, and green, with matching ribbon marker; spine inscribed "LIVRE D'HEURES" and at bottom "MANUSCRIT"; binder's name in gold on bottom turn-in, inside upper board; edges of pages regilt

 Ca. 1430-1440 CE Brabant (?) Created ca. 1430-40, possibly in Brabant, with feasts of Tournai and Cambrai in calendar, and Office of the Dead is Use of Liège; original owner possibly had Franciscan and Francophile sympathies given texts in suffrages (fols. 165v and 166v) Damascène Morgand (?), Paris, his possible inventory number "15283" inscribed on front pastedown (Randall's suggestion) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 788, cat. no. 196. Wieck, Roger Seymour. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. Exhibition Catalogue. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery. NY: George Braiziller, 1988; pp. 115, 209, cat. no. 82, fig. 94. Rogers, N.J. "The Miniature of St. John the Baptist in Gonville and Caius MS 241/127 and Its Context." In Fifteenth-Century Flemish Manuscripts in Cambridge Collections. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, Volume X. Cambridge: Cambridge University Library, 1992; p. 228. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 132-139, cat. no. 232. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Prayer book Flemish Codex Illumination Manuscript Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion Christian French Book Miniature Painting France History